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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C, MARCH 27, 1942 Washington, D. C. DONALD NELSON EXPLAINS In his radio appeal for an imme diate 25 per cent increase in war production, Donald Nelson an nounced that joint management-la bor committees would be set up in every plant to devise methods of in creasing output. There has been considerable conjecture since then over the scope of these committees; whether they should run the plants or merely be advisory. The other day Nelson explained just what he had in mind in a pri vate talk with Walter Reuther, force ful vice president of the powerful C.I.O. United Auto Workers, who more than a year ago proposed the so-called “Reuther Plan” for the quick conversion of the auto indus try into a unified mass producer of hundreds of planes and tanks daily. While in Washington on union busi ness after Nelson’s broadcast, a mu tual friend suggested to Reuther that he have a talk with the War Pro duction chief whom he had never met. Nelson greeted Reuther cor dially, remarking that he had heard a lot about his plan but had not seen its details. “I can tell you all about them in three minutes,” said Reuther. “Shoot,” replied the war chief. Nelson listened intently, asked a few questions, then remarked: “Es sentially, your objective is the same as mine. The only thing on which we differ is the way to go about it.” “How’s that?” “Simply this,” said Nelson. “We both want the auto industry to make all the airplanes, tanks and guns it can. Your plans called for joint committees to direct the conversion, with a government representative par ticipating as a side-line adviser. 1 believe in doing it differently— one man for action and commit tees' for advice. That’s why I have one man, my representa tive, in Detroit directing conver sion, with the committees you proposed advising him. It’s your plan only in reverse.” Nelson also told Reuther that he hoped the joint committees would take their work seriously and sub mit every practical plan for increas ing production. However, Nelson stressed that he and not the com mittees would decide on the merits of the proposals, that the function of the committees was strictly “ad visory.” Note: After first approving the joint committee plan, Secretary Knox later told Nelson he was op posed because it would “Sovietize U. S. industry.” Knox contended that management alone should do the job. Nelson brushed aside Knox’s fears and declared that without the full co-operation, of labor the war could not be won. “I expect full co operation from the navy on my plan,” Nelson said firmly, “or else. And if you doubt my word there is a man in the White House who will confirm it for you.” * * * HULL AND THE ARABS Shortly before Secretary Hull left on his present protracted holiday, Colonel Donovan had worked out a plan to send an American “Colonel Lawrence” to visit the Arabs around Dakar. The idea was that just as Colonel Lawrence had won the support of the Arabs for the British in the last war, so the United States could win over the Arabs in French West Af rica, especially around the vital base of Dakar, the jumping off place to South America. So Col. Charles Sweeney, who has had much experience with the Arabs, was delegated to undertake this difficult and important mission. But when Secretary Hull heard of the Donovan plan, he hit the ceiling. Calling Donovan into his office, Hull lectured him at length, declaring: “You are trying to interfere with the conduct of my relations with a friendly country.” Hull flatly refused to give Colonel Sweeney a passport. So no attempt has been made to win over the Arabs of West Africa. Note: British intelligence reports that three French warships sailed from Dakar last month bound for Madagascar. This will relieve the danger to Brazil, but it may in crease possible danger to British- U. S. shipping routes through the Indian ocean to Suez and India; de pending on whether the French war ships will protect Madagascar from the British or from the Japanese. • • * MERRY-GO-ROUND C. Henderson’s Price administration soon will crack down on tire boot leggers, especially in Pittsburgh and Washington. C. For some quickly-read and sound advice by real experts on what to do in the event of air raids, get the newly published handy book, “Civil ian Defense of the United States,” by Col. R. Ernest Dupuy and Lieut. Hodding Carter. Colonel Dupuy is author of a number of outstanding military volumes and is an ace au thority in his field. <1. Another newly published small book that will be very helpful in un derstanding military developments is “Defense Will Not Win the War” by Lieut. Col. W. F. Kernan of the regular field artillery. ILPhillipr THE WINNERS The Kellys, the Lockards, the Ca seys, the Andersens and the Lieu tenant Coxes will win this war! They and the other American kids, bred in the daredevil full swinging, sock-it- outa-the-park tra dition The smash-that-line, block-that- kick, pickle-that-apple, drive-the- green, nail-him-on-the-beezer, clear- the-bases youngsters. The boys too cocky, confident and courageous to doubt, quibble or hesi tate . . . The youngsters who have not lived long enough to lose an illusion, to figure the percentages or to ques tion their own impulses, • • • The Tom Sawyers, the Peck’s Bad Boys, the Slats McGonigles and the Kayo Mc Canns . .. The Yanks who are still young enough to believe Goliath was a pushover for David, that Jack the Giant Killer was under-written, and that Superman can be seen in any mirror The buckoes who have had no dreams shattered, no hopes battered and no words destroyed . . . The boys who, with two strikes on 'em, can say, "Here’s where l pickle one, ya bum!” • • • The Butch O’Hares, the Joe Moores, the “Jake” Schwartzes and the Grant Mahoneys they will do the job. The boys too full of high hopes and self-confidence to worry about costs . . . The lads with pink cheeks and flashing eyes, ready for a fight or a frolic, able to sing before a rendezvous with death, able to look disaster in the face and give it the Bronx cheer. The kids whose impulses are for eign to the conference room, the staff huddle, the parleys; and whose minds say “Lemme at ’em!” and never, “Suppose the plan goes wrong?” They’ll sew it up . . . the “Skin- nies,” the “Reds,” the “Spikes,” the “Mickeys” and the “Freckles” of the sandlots, farms and cam puses, born and raised in the spirit of high competition, split-second re flexes, hair-raising exploits and hits- in-the-pinches. The kids who have never learned to play safe . . . The bimboes who swing from the floor, get up when they’re groggy, put over the hay maker, pole out the homer with the bases full, race the length of the grid for a touchdown, hole out with a bras- sie shot . . . The boys who are too young to ask “Suppose this doesn’t work out according to plan?” “It’s a good idea but will it stand analysis?” or “What’s in it for me?” The youngsters who have never known the meaning of expediency. • • • They will finish this war . . . The boys who rate many things above influence, prestige, cash, pow er and transportation by beach-wag on .. , The kids who are not protecting a past, trimming sails to meet the present or worrying about the fu ture . . . The fellows who have never learned to compromise, haggle or defer . . . The ones with all the flaming imagination of children, the su preme confidence of the kid pitcher, the hell-for-leather gusto of the boy socker who comes to bat in the ninth with the bases full and two down . . . • • • The kids who have never had to have their blood pressure taken and who think a fallen arch has some thing to do with Pompeii. The youngsters who can nev er be imagined saying “Let’s talk this over.” “Hadn’t we bet ter wait for the breaks?” “Let’s check and doublecheck before we do anything.” The boys who rate “Zowie!” “Pow!” and “Wham!” as the three most expressive words in any lan guage. HERO I jumped into the icy lake And dragged him in the boat. No hero’s bows I want to take— I just had signed his note. —Merrill Chilcote. • • • “Japs Use Elephants in Surprise Attack.”—headline. How anybody can make a surprise attack with elephants baffles El mer Twitchell, who is so nervous he gets easily alarmed by mice. • • • Put this sign on your jaw, “Closed for the War.” Nothing Stops War Pipe Line Gang When a petroleum pipe line is being built to supply >7*1 industries with the precious fluid, nothing stops the pipe line gangs. Right: A rock ditch being blasted at a river crossing somewhere in the Carolinas, Left: A gang prepares to bend a 12-inch pipe in the mountain area of Alabama. Bending the pipe to conform with the terrain is tough work. The completed Plantation Pipe line, from Baton Rouge, La., to Bremen, Ga. f and Greensboro, N. C., has some 1,200 miles of pipe. Argentina’s Bumper Crop—of Bayonets Argentina is keeping her military machine well oiled, for she knows she will not be spared from attack when ever the Axis powers deem it advisable. The perfect marching order of these marines shows a high potential of precision and fighting power. Inset: A few of Argentina’s modern warships. Fortunately Argentina has more than a token navy to safeguard her shores. Their Job to Hide Armament Plants Latest Grandson In the piping times of peace, these stylists and expert technicians devised luxury lines for new passenger cars. Now they are working in a large Detroit automobile company’s camouflage section, developing means of disguising important buildings so enemy airmen cannot spot them. It’s a tough job to hide a 10 or 20-acre munitious plant, but these boys can do it. Above, they are working on a diorama, changing the ap pearance of the entire countryside. The Dowager Queen Mary, moth er of King George VI, is shown hold ing her latest grandchild, the infant son of the duke and duchess of Gloucester. Chinese Cadets Feted in Phoenix From London Chinese cadets are receiving advanced flying instruction under the expert tutelage of American air instructors. In honor of these cadets, residents of Phoenix, Ariz., gave a party for the boys at the Central Baptist church. Photo shows Capt. Tsend Ching Lan, commandant of the Chinese cadets, cutting the cake at the party. John G. Winant, United States ambassador to the Court of St. James, shown as he was inter* viewed by members of the press upon his arrival in New York. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Last of the ‘Boomers* XXTHEN recent press dispatches ’ “ chronicled the death of 81-year- old Maj. Gordon W. Lillie at his home in Oklahoma, the words “Pawnee Bill” and ‘Wild West Showman” and ‘partner of Buffalo Bill” were featured prominently in the headlines. But the passing of this irontiersman had more signif icance than those words imply. For Gordon W. Lillie was the last of the “Boomers,” that race of stub born, courageous men who, in the late eighties, were determined to es tablish homes for themselves and their people on the “last frontier”— the Indian lands in Indian territory —and when they won their fight, the frontier era in American history was definitely over. Lillie was bom near Bloomington, 111., on February 14, 1860. His fa ther was a miller who had no great desire to move West but when his mill was burned in the early seven ties he decided to seek his fortune in a new country. Starting west in a covered wagon he eventually arrived at Wellington, Kan., and there young Gordon Lillie grew up. Meanwhile he had managed to secure a high school education and this resulted in his being asked in 1882 to conduct a school et the Paw nee agency in Oklahoma. He learned the language of those Indians, gained the friendship of influential chiefs and eventually was made an nonorary member of the tribe. In 1883 “Buffalo Bill” Cody, who nad just started his Wild West show, engaged a band of Pawnees to ac company it and he wanted a man to take charge of them. Lillie took the job and remained with the show for two years. During this time he met May Manning, a Philadelphia girl, and they were married in 1886. With her husband as her tutor, Mrs. Lillie became one of the best riders and rifle-shots in the show business. A disagreement with Cody result ed in Lillie’s withdrawing from his company and organizing a Wild West show of his own. It prospered for a time and even made a two- year tour of Europe. Then came lean days in the show business and Lillie returned to the Southwest. There he found a large group of settlers who had been demanding that congress open up the Indian Territory for homesteading. The leader of the “Boomers” had been Capt. D. L. Payne, the “Scout of the Cimarron,” but he had failed to win his objective. After his death the “Boomers” were looking for a new leader and Lillie was asked by the Wichita Board of Trade to take charge of the thousands of prospec tive settlers who had gathered near there and who were a menace to the peace of the community. “Paw nee Bill” accepted the task, organ ized the settlers into an orderly body and by the time of the famous “run” on April 22, 1889, he had won na tional recognition. Curiously enough, “Pawnee Bill” failed to take any land himself, nor did he profit by another, but small er, “Boomer” movement which re sulted in the opening of the Cherokee Strip in northern Oklahoma in 1893. With Oklahoma well settled, Lillie turned again to the show business. Within a short time he was the only serious rival of “Buffalo Bill” Cody in this type of enterprise and in 1907 a merger of the two shows was ar ranged. The two men worked to gether until 1910 when Cody retired. Although Lillie made a fortune in the show business, he lost most oi it, as the popularity of that kind of entertainment waned. He recouped much of it in the oil business and by 1019 he was able to retire to a big ranch which he had bought near Pawnee, Okla. He built a 14-room red stone ranch house on Blue Hawk peak, overlooking the town, and de voted himself to raising buffalo until he had one of the largest private herds in the world. In 1936 Lillie and his wife celebrat ed their golden wedding anniversary at Taos, N. M., with a renewal ol their marriage vows and a public reception at which they were pre sented with a gold-painted automo bile by their friends. Two weeks later, while returning in this “gold en chariot” to their Oklahoma ranch home, they were involved in a col lision in which both were seriously injured. Soon after reaching their home Mrs. Lillie died and after her death “Pawnee Bill” seemed to lose his interest in life. But death did not summon him until this year. 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